George H. (George Higgins) Moses (1869-1944) was born in Lubec, Maine, and died in Concord, New Hampshire. He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1887 and from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1890, where he also received an M.A. degree in 1893. From 1889 to 1891 he served as private secretary to New Hampshire Governor David H. Goodell. Moses was chief editor of the Concord Evening Monitor and Independent Statesman from 1892-1918. He married Florence A. Moses (b. Gordon) in Franklin, New Hampshire, in 1893. He was a member and secretary of the New Hampshire Forestry Commission from 1893 to 1907, and in 1898 he helped organize the Rumford Printing Company and was elected its treasurer.
Moses was a neighbor of Mary Baker Eddy and considered her a friend. He became a student of Eddy, completing the Normal class in November 1898. The following February it was announced that Moses' Statesman would weekly publish matters of interest to Christian Scientists. Moses also acted as a literary advisor to Eddy and would aid her in preparing items for publication. As a member of its executive committee, he invited Eddy to the Concord State Fair in 1900. Eddy attended and also attended the following year when Moses, who was chairman of the executive committee and designated spokesman, officially welcomed Eddy at the grandstand. In 1906 Moses was one of many who furnished affidavits asserting the facts of Eddy's health and mental sharpness.
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George H. (George Higgins) Moses (1869-1944) was born in Lubec, Maine, and died in Concord, New Hampshire. He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1887 and from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1890, where he also received an M.A. degree in 1893. From 1889 to 1891 he served as private secretary to New Hampshire Governor David H. Goodell. Moses was chief editor of the Concord Evening Monitor and Independent Statesman from 1892-1918. He married Florence A. Moses (b. Gordon) in Franklin, New Hampshire, in 1893. He was a member and secretary of the New Hampshire Forestry Commission from 1893 to 1907, and in 1898 he helped organize the Rumford Printing Company and was elected its treasurer.
Moses was a neighbor of Mary Baker Eddy and considered her a friend. He became a student of Eddy, completing the Normal class in November 1898. The following February it was announced that Moses' Statesman would weekly publish matters of interest to Christian Scientists. Moses also acted as a literary advisor to Eddy and would aid her in preparing items for publication. As a member of its executive committee, he invited Eddy to the Concord State Fair in 1900. Eddy attended and also attended the following year when Moses, who was chairman of the executive committee and designated spokesman, officially welcomed Eddy at the grandstand. In 1906 Moses was one of many who furnished affidavits asserting the facts of Eddy's health and mental sharpness.
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